Past disciplinary findings

Michael Rowan, an unregistered barrister, acted without honesty and without integrity, in that between 4 September and 1 October 2016 while providing legal services as an employed barrister he committed fraud by false representation by submitting three expenses forms claiming expenses to which he was not entitled contrary to ss.1 and 2 of the Fraud Act 2006, for which conduct he was convicted on 23 April 2019 at Ipswich Crown Court and sentenced to 26 weeks imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, with 180 hours unpaid work, and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £115.

Michael Rowan, an unregistered barrister, acted in a way which could reasonably be seen by the public to undermine his honesty and integrity in that between 4 September and 1 October 2016 while providing legal services as an employed barrister he committed fraud by false representation by submitting three expenses forms claiming expenses to which he was not entitled contrary to ss.1 and 2 of the Fraud Act 2006, for which conduct he was convicted on 23 April 2019 at the Ipswich Crown Court and sentenced to 26 weeks imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, with 180 hours unpaid work, and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £115.

Michael Rowan, an unregistered barrister, acted in a way likely to diminish the trust and confidence which the public places in him or in the profession, in that between 4 September and 1 October 2016 while providing legal services as an employed barrister he committed fraud by false representation by submitting three expenses forms claiming expenses to which he was not entitled contrary to ss.1 and 2 of the Fraud Act 2006, for which conduct he was convicted on 23 April 2019 at the Ipswich Crown Court and sentenced to 26 weeks imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, with 180 hours unpaid work, and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £115.

Michael Rowan, an unregistered barrister, did not report promptly to the Bar Standards Board that he was, on 23 April 2019 at the Ipswich Crown Court, convicted of fraud by false representation contrary to ss.1 and 2 of the Fraud Act 2006.